Pandemic Worsens, Resistance Will Follow
World leaders like Trump and Johnson trying to get back to business as usual while the virus continues to spread are deliberately sacrificing public health.
Essential—and Expendable—Mexican Labor
In the days of Covid-19, the US is effectively exporting Covid-19 deaths through considerable official pressure on Mexico to keep the maquiladoras running, despite high infection rates.
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Could the Duterte Regime be COVID-19’s Next Victim?
Like Trump in the U.S. and Bolsonaro in Brazil, the Philippine strongman’s utter failure to contain COVID-19 may kneecap his authoritarian ambitions.
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Trump’s Withdrawal From WHO: A Cover-Up for His Abject Failure on COVID-19
The WHO, with its warts and all, still stands for global cooperation and fostering public health policies, and is the only instrument we have for global cooperation. It is hated by the right-wing precisely for these reasons.
Income Decline before the Pandemic
A real income decline for vast numbers of working people in India had begun well before the pandemic – yet the Modi government is making no attempt to put purchasing power in the hands of people.
Protected Areas, Covid 19 and People’s Rights
As India went into a lockdown to prevent the spread of the Covid 19, we witnessed a different kind of opening-up of our Protected Areas.
It’s the Economy, Stupid! Or Is it the Stupid Economy?
The pandemic, for all its tragedy, has offered the Left a moment. What we decide to do now is all-important.
Cuba in the Last Stretch of the Pandemic
In spite of Cuba’s small size and population, and its lack of material resources, it has been one of the most successful countries in the world in dealing with the pandemic.
A Jubilee Moment in Pandemic America?
These are times of staggering danger, but also enormous possibility. In a world distinctly stacked against us, we must believe that we can succeed.
Thawing Arctic Permafrost; Greta Thunberg and Others Release Letter Demanding Action on Climate Emergency – Two Articles
The letter cites recent United Nations scientific reports from which “even a child can see that the climate and ecological crisis cannot be solved within today’s system.”